They were collected again at the kennels at the beginning of the Michaelmas Half, 1917, after a great deal of correspondence. Many of them were terribly fat, and it was greatly to Champion’s credit that he got them fit for hunting at all. Not only this, but up to Christmas they had quite a successful season under the Mastership of S. A. Parker. Parker’s third whip, the Marquess of Worcester, was also Keeper of the Fives Courts. He now hunts his own pack of foxhounds in the Badminton country on the Wilts and Gloucester border. His father, the Duke of Beaufort, was a keen follower in the sixties. At Christmas the hounds were definitely dispersed. It was, in the opinion of many, a great mistake, as probably they could have been kept up cheaper at Eton than by various people who kindly consented to walk couples. The Rev. C. A. Alington, who had succeeded Canon Lyttelton as Head Master in January 1916, wrote to the Food Controller for his advice and instructions, and in consequence the pack was disbanded. There was even some talk of Champion leaving and of getting up a subscription for him. As Parker has said in the Journal Book, there would have been no lack of subscribers. Fortunately, however, for the hunt, Champion did not leave, but remained until the hounds were restarted in December 1919. Immediately after the War was over there were many letters to the _Eton College Chronicle_, demanding that the beagles should be restored. O.E.’s from every part of the country wanted to know the real state of things. It shows how much the E.C.H. was held in esteem that so many, who had ceased from taking any active part in the administration of the College, should have realised that the restitution of hunting at Eton was a thing highly desirable in itself and in its result. The first of these letters appeared in the _Chronicle_ of Dec. 5th, 1918. It ran as follows: “Dear Sir,—Now that hostilities have ceased ought not the Eton Beagles to be got together and start hunting once more? If steps were taken at once to collect the hounds (which are now out at walk) the School would have occupation and exercise next Half. “Very few boys have had much chance to learn anything about the sport of kings during the War, and the Eton Beagles have always been the nursery of a large number of Masters of hounds in this country. “Yours truly, “THREE EX-MASTERS AND TWO EX-WHIPS OF THE E.C.H.” This was answered by the Master, E. V. Rhys, in a letter in which he stated that after a long discussion it had been decided not to hunt owing (i) To the expense of food, etc.; (ii) To the Cippenham works and their possible effect on the E.C.H.